page_title: Uiscedwr
section_title: Members
hierarchical_section_title: Uiscedwr / Members
caption_attribution_description: "Folk im Schlosshof" (FiS) Festival in Bonfeld 30.06.-02.07.2011 | International folk festival at Bonfeld / Germany | Uiscedwr (GB)
context_page_description: Uiscedwr is a former musical group whose members came from various parts of the British Isles and played British folk music influenced by world music. The group started off as a trio and was originally based in Manchester.
  Uiscedwr won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2002.
  As well as touring and recording, Uiscedwr ran its own label Yukka Records and the members also offered tuition in fiddle, guitar and bodhrán.
context_section_description: Co-founder Anna Esslemont, from Wales, plays fiddle and sings. She dropped out of the Royal Northern College of Music to pursue a freer musical style than was offered by the classical world. She grew up in Wales, and has played the violin since she was six, playing in both the North Powys Youth Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Wales.
  Co-founder Cormac Byrne, from County Waterford, Ireland, plays bodhrán, percussion and drums.  He has been a member of Tommy Hayes' percussion orchestra Spraoi Drummers. As well as touring and recording with Uiscedwr, Byrne has toured extensively with Seth Lakeman's band and gained a BBC Fame Academy Bursary, which was used to partially fund Uiscedwr's second album, Circle.
  Anna and Cormac perform as a trio with a supporting guitarist. From January 2010, guitar is played by either Nick Waldock or James Hickman (and Nick also plays bass guitar). Nick first worked with Uiscedwr during its 'big band' project in 2008; James joined Uiscedwr at the end of 2007 to replace Kevin Dempsey.
caption: Anna Esslemont and Cormac Byrne at the 2011 Folk im Schlosshof festival
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